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TooOldToScrum
First XV squad Joined: 16 Apr 2011 Location: Loo Status: Offline Points: 41 |
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Under the old regime if they were good enough they played and they did play. With all the new players how come Loo couldn't field a team against Fylde?
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RumbleintheBlundell
World Cup Winner Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Status: Offline Points: 645 |
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Its encouraging to learn that the recruitment team have been busy during the close season but to lose the "core" and experienced players of Croft, Payne etc will be too big a void to fill in my opinion. A long season beckons....
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Collapsingmaul
British and Irish Lion Joined: 01 Apr 2016 Location: Merseyside Status: Offline Points: 218 |
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Injuries,holidays,players unavailable.i can see why we as supporters would be a bit annoyed but whats the point in sending a scratch team to fylde to get mullered to fulfil a friendly fixture and we get more injuries.i'm very worried,when any team loses that many players its going to go two ways,new stars rise or a weekly schallaking.
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Collapsingmaul
British and Irish Lion Joined: 01 Apr 2016 Location: Merseyside Status: Offline Points: 218 |
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I really did like cecil from the old regime.i caught a couple of second team games last year,he has developed some good boys and men.on and off the field.we should be excited to see how they and new lads fit in playing alongside the talismanic liam reeve,jack weare dan king and jon cunningham
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Loo fighters
World Cup Winner Joined: 01 May 2013 Location: Online... Status: Offline Points: 2017 |
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Bang on....upwards of 30 players unavailable/missing/injured/gone fishing etc, so no point. We'll see on Saturday where we are. Will be a few missing initially so first few games could be a rough ride but we'll be OK. |
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Allan Foster
World Cup Winner Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Location: Lytham St Annes Status: Offline Points: 3491 |
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It was against Fylde Hawks (our 2nd team) so I doubt they would have been 'mullered', especially if they aim to be competitive in N3N. |
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An academic is someone who sees something working perfectly in practice & wonders if it will work in theory
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Collapsingmaul
British and Irish Lion Joined: 01 Apr 2016 Location: Merseyside Status: Offline Points: 218 |
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See above^^ it serves no purpose to go up to blackpool with what would of been a colts/some twos some threes.neither team would of learnt anything.
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The gym swissball
First XV squad Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: The Bat Cave Status: Offline Points: 48 |
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Interesting to see that the post from Geoff Lightfoot that was copied over by LF mde no mention of Al Reed moving over to Chester. Believe the club are looking at going down the legal avenue to get compensation for Al leaving, although not quite sure what they are expecting when he wasn't being paid anything by 'loo.
I am surprised by how many people we seem to have brought in, which makes it even harder to see how we couldn't manage to get a team together for the weekend, a week before the season starts. If we are struggling now to get players out on the park how are we going to get three teams out on Saturday? When the best players at training are Blythy and Wolfie (both brilliant players in their day but past even the twilight of their careers) then I think there should be some serious questions asked. I think it could be a long hard season, really hope I am wrong and things come together and we get some of the raft of injured players back shortly. Its good news that Mark Rylance is staying at the club, hope he can get more gametime in this year as he could be a big player in this team. |
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Who guards the guards?
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Loo fighters
World Cup Winner Joined: 01 May 2013 Location: Online... Status: Offline Points: 2017 |
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Think Blythy would still beg to differ on that mate, even now... On the main point, my understanding is that Al Reed was being/about to be very well paid & by signing a contract after a period of "is he staying or going", the club believe he should honour that. From my own & others standpoint, if he doesn't want to be here let him leave. Don't think there's anything but a stinky end either way!!! |
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Collapsingmaul
British and Irish Lion Joined: 01 Apr 2016 Location: Merseyside Status: Offline Points: 218 |
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All trivial as a manager of a famous football team once said "first is first,second is nowhere,we had an average pack at best with class backs bailing us out,we have retained the backs division and brought in new forwards,i cannot wait for saturday.
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Loo fighters
World Cup Winner Joined: 01 May 2013 Location: Online... Status: Offline Points: 2017 |
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Totally agree, can't come quick enough. Whatever happens, back the players on the pitch & long term we'll be OK. |
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Sten
World Cup Winner Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1791 |
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Only a few seasons ago it was more or less the exact opposite!
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Collapsingmaul
British and Irish Lion Joined: 01 Apr 2016 Location: Merseyside Status: Offline Points: 218 |
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Maybe this new breed could surprise us come april
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The gym swissball
First XV squad Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: The Bat Cave Status: Offline Points: 48 |
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I know Blythy would beg to differ - just think its sad that he turns up after years away from senior training (which is a travesty in itself and the club should be embarrassed that its taken them so long to get him back in the fold in any way (minis and junior coaching withstanding) and can make everyone else look like a carthorse. I know he has obviously played at a much hiher level than the majority of this squad will ever play but lets be honest he is over forty years old and he shouldn't be able to bully players the way he did in his heyday.
Just hope that he isnt going to be needed in the 1st XV this year because that would reflect on where we are since J'lo's departure that we are sending an SOS to the old guard. Anyway as I have said, really hope I am proved wrong and we come up with the goods on Saturday against the unknown quantity that is Donny Pheonix. |
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Who guards the guards?
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Pristine Shorts
World Cup Winner Joined: 08 Jun 2015 Location: Ilkley Status: Offline Points: 501 |
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Ilkley played at Phoenix in the Yorkshire Cup on Saturday and lost 26-24, though a last minute Ilkley penalty missed by a very small margin. So , very close. I suspect our side was more holiday and cricket affected than theirs, but I'm not complaining.
Phoenix are a very fit, well-drilled side and have magnificent facilities at their disposal. I don't think the side I saw is good enough for promotion, but equally, it won't be fighting relegation for sure. I think they'll start with a win on Saturday.
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Collapsingmaul
British and Irish Lion Joined: 01 Apr 2016 Location: Merseyside Status: Offline Points: 218 |
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Asolutely ridiculous statemant,dave blyth would muller every player in this division and above within a grid.of course he is going to bully a group of lads many of whom hace never played close to championship rugby
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Bigmal
World Cup Winner Joined: 17 Nov 2013 Location: BRISTOL Status: Offline Points: 1480 |
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All will be revealed come 5 pm Saturday.
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TooOldToScrum
First XV squad Joined: 16 Apr 2011 Location: Loo Status: Offline Points: 41 |
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How can the Al Read situation not be sorted yet.
I heard that he played a blinder for Chester 2s last weekend as he would rather do that than play at Waterloo. He would have played for the 1s if registered. With the small minded attitudes that seem to prevail at Loo now it is no surprise. We should let players go and play elsewhere and welcome them back on their return. We did that over many years if they went to another club or code. The powers that be should show that they are big enough to allow him to play where he chooses, he wasn't paid, what claim do they have on his registration? This all smacks of bitterness and sour grapes!
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Sten
World Cup Winner Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1791 |
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Personally I think they're concerned that other contracted players may decide to follow suit. Probably trying to show that your word (and signature) is your bond. Understand the principle behind it, but until we hear someone official tell us what exactly is going on, it's impossible to say for sure. Anyone who knows anything must surely only know it from Read or another player so it's only going to be one point of view. All a matter of perspective
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Collapsingmaul
British and Irish Lion Joined: 01 Apr 2016 Location: Merseyside Status: Offline Points: 218 |
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Do we have any news on potential team for saturday
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